
Kim Kang-woo
Actor · Born July 11, 1978 (48) · Seoul, South Korea
Kim Kang-woo (김강우) is a South Korean actor and singer. He was born on July 11, 1978.
Biography from TMDB.
- July 11, 1978 (48)
- Seoul, South Korea
- Actor
- 26 on MovieCove · 57 credits in all
What are Kim Kang-woo's films like?
Across their 24 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Power and Bonds.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 3 · Earnest 15
A split, not a type: Light 5 · Serious 4 · Dark 10
Grounded 7 · Stylized 8 · Heightened 4
Gentle 2 · Charged 9 · Intense 8
Steady 3 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 4
Straight-faced 12 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 2
Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 1
Casual 4 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 6
A split, not a type: Easy watch 4 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 9
Resolved 10 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 2
Roles they play
Usually the Hero: 6 of 12 analyzed roles.
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- Heroas Sung-chan in Le Grand Chef (2007)
- Shadowas Joo Young-jak in The Taste of Money (2012)
- Heroas Detective Yang Choon-dong in The Gifted Hands (2013)
- Heroas Tae-kyu in Marriage Blue (2013)
- Shadowas Prince Yeonsan in The Treacherous (2015)
- Shadowas Park Jin-han in The Vanished (2018)
- Heroas Kang Tae-woo in Woman of 9.9 Billion (2019)
- Heroas Seo Do-jin in Guimoon: The Lightless Door (2021)
- Shapeshifteras Ji Hoon in Recalled (2021)
- Heroas Kang Ji Ho in New Year Blues (2021)
- Threshold guardianas Paul in The Tyrant (2024)
- Shadowas Kang Soo-ho in Wonderful World (2024)
Moods and endings
- Happy6
- Bittersweet8
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous7
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Kim Kang-woo's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (11).
- Assassination (2015) · actor · free
- The Childe (2023) · actor · free
- Circle (2017) · actor · free
- Recalled (2021) · actor · free
- Cart (2014) · actor · free
- The Vanished (2018) · actor · free
- Le Grand Chef (2007) · actor · free
- New Year Blues (2021) · actor · free
- The Old Woman with the Knife (2025) · actor · free
- Mr. Go (2013) · actor · free
- The Treacherous (2015) · actor · free
Subscription and free streaming for Kim Kang-woo's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
57 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

Sword & Silence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

Blood Moon Rite 8(2026)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Andreas Kim Taegon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

Run to the West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Tyrant(2024)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all shows
Wonderful World(2024)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
The Childe(2023)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Nattering with Nah (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

A Birth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

Artificial City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Recalled(2021)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
New Year Blues(2021)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Woman of 9.9 Billion(2019)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
Item(2019)
Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all shows
After the Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

High Society(2018)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
The Vanished(2018)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
My Husband, Mr. Oh! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

Circle(2017)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows
Clocking Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Clocking Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Goodbye Mr. Black (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

Assassination(2015)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
The Treacherous(2015)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films
Missing Noir M (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

Cart(2014)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Golden Cross (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Tabloid Truth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

Marriage Blue(2013)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Mr. Go(2013)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Chase(2009)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
The Gifted Hands(2013)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Haeundae Lovers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

Foreign Affairs Police: Don't be fooled by that man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

The Taste of Money(2012)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Doomsday Book(2012)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
A Better Tomorrow(2010)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Ha Ha Ha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

Five Senses of Eros(2009)
Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films
A Man's Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Marine Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

Hello, Schoolgirl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Bichunmoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

Rainbow Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

Le Grand Chef(2007)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
The Railroad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

The Beast and the Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

The Aggressives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

3 Leaf Clover (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

세잎클로버 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

Springtime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

Silmido(2003)
Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films
Breathless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

The Coast Guard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Snowy Sun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 57 titles, 55 of them dated from 2002 to 2026; peak year 2013.

Biggest box office
Mr. Go (2013)

Highest rated
Wonderful World (2024)

Most popular right now
The Treacherous (2015)
Film career
Peak 2013 · steadily prominent in film for years. Top draw in 10 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2002Screen debut· The Coast Guard
- 2007First top-billed film· Rainbow Eyes
- 2021Career best· Guimoon: The Lightless Door
- 2024Best so far· Wonderful World
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.
How do Kim Kang-woo's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 50th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up8
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th11
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 26 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser11
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed12
Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 16 reviewed titles; fans 74, detractors 43. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Kim Kang-woo's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Kim Kang-woo work with?
People who share at least 2 of Kim Kang-woo's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jin-soo Min shares the most, 5.
Directors
- Kyu-dong MinShared titles: The Treacherous (2015), Five Senses of Eros (2009), The Chase (2009)See all 3 shared titles with Kyu-dong Min

- Park Hoon-jungShared titles: The Tyrant (2024), The Childe (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Park Hoon-jung

- Hong Ji-YoungShared titles: New Year Blues (2021), Marriage Blue (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Hong Ji-Young

- Hyuk ByunShared titles: High Society (2018), Five Senses of Eros (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Hyuk Byun

Writers
- Myeung-ju KoShared titles: New Year Blues (2021), Marriage Blue (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Myeung-ju Ko
Actors
- Kim Hyo-jinShared titles: Marriage Blue (2013), The Taste of Money (2012), Five Senses of Eros (2009), The Chase (2009)See all 4 shared titles with Kim Hyo-jin

- Ju Ji-hoonShared titles: Item (2019), The Treacherous (2015), Marriage Blue (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Ju Ji-hoon

- Kim Seon-hoShared titles: The Tyrant (2024), The Childe (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Kim Seon-ho

- Lee Yeon-heeShared titles: New Year Blues (2021), Marriage Blue (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Lee Yeon-hee

Composers and editors
- MowgShared titles: The Tyrant (2024), The Childe (2023), Doomsday Book (2012)See all 3 shared titles with Mowg

- Ji-soo LeeShared titles: New Year Blues (2021), Cart (2014), Silmido (2003)See all 3 shared titles with Ji-soo Lee
- Sun-Min KimShared titles: The Treacherous (2015), Marriage Blue (2013), The Gifted Hands (2013)See all 3 shared titles with Sun-Min Kim

- Jun-seong KimShared titles: The Treacherous (2015), The Chase (2009)See all 2 shared titles with Jun-seong Kim
Producers
- Jin-soo MinShared titles: New Year Blues (2021), The Treacherous (2015), Marriage Blue (2013), Five Senses of Eros (2009), The Chase (2009)See all 5 shared titles with Jin-soo Min
- Choi YunoShared titles: Blood Moon Rite 8 (2026), The Gifted Hands (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Choi Yuno
- HanDae RheeShared titles: Blood Moon Rite 8 (2026), The Vanished (2018)See all 2 shared titles with HanDae Rhee

Mixed roles
- Heo Yeong-manShared titles: Mr. Go (2013), Le Grand Chef (2007)See all 2 shared titles with Heo Yeong-man


